definition of
terminal

[1] #1 terminal n. [terminus, depot] station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods. wn

[2] #2 terminal n. [pole] a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves. wn

[3] #3 terminal a. of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route; "freight pickup is a terminal service"; "terminal charges". wn

[4] #4 terminal a. relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time; "terminal examinations"; "terminal payments". wn

[5] #5 terminal n. [end] either extremity of something that has length; "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line"; "the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix". wn